{"id":59124,"date":"2017-08-09T18:23:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T17:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59124"},"modified":"2017-08-09T18:23:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T17:23:48","slug":"saraki-seeks-alignment-education-curriculum-industry-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/saraki-seeks-alignment-education-curriculum-industry-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Saraki Seeks Alignment of Education Curriculum With Industry Requirements\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki,\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1273859427\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Wednesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0stated<br \/>\nthat Nigeria\u2019s university curriculum and teaching methods must be upscaled<br \/>\nto reflect the demands of employers from both the public and the private<br \/>\nsectors.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the need for the country to urgently reposition its<br \/>\neducational system to reflect current domestic and global realities like<br \/>\nrising unemployment and the need to strengthen the economy to make the<br \/>\nnation more competitive internationally, Saraki emphasized that many<br \/>\nuniversity graduates from Nigeria, are currently not being equipped with<br \/>\nthe appropriate skills that they need to perform in employed capacities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis situation requires the urgent intervention of all stakeholders in<br \/>\nthe education sector,\u201d the President of the Senate said\u00a0in a statement by<br \/>\nhis Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in<br \/>\nAbuja.\u00a0\u201cWhat we have on our hands is an influx into the workforce of many<br \/>\ngraduates who are unable to meet the demands of both the public and the<br \/>\nprivate sectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to reduce the incidence of unemployment and make our country<br \/>\nmore competitive going into the future, we must immediately work to ensure<br \/>\nthe careful and constant realignment of what our young people are learning<br \/>\nin the classrooms, with what the employers expect from them at the<br \/>\nworkplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President of the Senate also cited a need for a deliberate approach to<br \/>\nboost reading, writing and comprehension, starting at the primary school<br \/>\nlevel, as both skills are necessary in all sectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth reading and writing must take front and centre-stage in all that we<br \/>\ndo moving forward. It is clear that these two skills constitute the<br \/>\nfoundation of all other subject areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is why even before they get to university, we must ensure that our<br \/>\nchildren know how to write \u2014 because this inability to convey their<br \/>\nthoughts clearly on paper has become the bane of many young and otherwise<br \/>\nbright Nigerians that are seeking employment, both within and outside the<br \/>\ncountry,&#8221; Saraki said.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the Senate stated that at the resumption in September,<br \/>\nthe Senate will mobilize its relevant committees to work with education<br \/>\nstakeholders to develop clear-cut strategies on how to move Nigeria\u2019s<br \/>\neducational system forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this point, we can no longer sit by and watch our educational system<br \/>\nslide below acceptable standard. Education is the bedrock of all<br \/>\ndevelopment, and right now, our bedrock is faulty, so we must fix it,\u201d<br \/>\nSaraki said.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki,\u00a0on Wednesday\u00a0stated that Nigeria\u2019s university curriculum and teaching methods must be upscaled to reflect the demands of employers from both the public and&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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